DIVE IN: The Power of Inclusion

The CII and the Insurance Institute of Cardiff of is happy to announce that they will be running a Dive In event called The Power of Inclusion on Tuesday 24th September 2019 at the Holiday Inn, Cardiff.

The event will give an overview of some of the positive work being rolled out by our profession and feature key speakers Tali Shlomo, Nathalie McGloin and John Moore.

Tali Shlomo
Tali Shlomo (Chartered FCIPD), People Engagement Director, Chartered insurance Institute has a career in HR spanning 24 years. Tali has overall responsibility at the CII for: people; diversity & inclusion policy; internal and external engagement; and learning, development and talent programmes.

Recent successes include successful IIP Gold accreditation and achieving Diversity in Business Accreditation.

Tali has led the gender pay gap reporting and ethnicity pay gap reporting despite the CII being below the minimum 250 headcount requirement

Nathalie McGloin
Nathalie McGloin is the first female with a spinal cord injury to be granted a racing licence in the UK. Not only is Nathalie the only disabled driver in her championship she is also the only women. Having broken her neck in a car crash when she was 16, Nathalie is completely paralysed from the chest down, yet she races cars against able bodied men.

Her specially adapted car means she is at no real disadvantage to her fellow racers. Racing a Cayman S in the Porsche Club Championship, Nathalie’s car has been fitted with radial hand controls which operate on a push forward to brake, push down to accelerate mechanism. Nathalie tells the audience how at age 16 a car took nearly everything from her but how incredibly, through racing, a car has given nearly everything she lost back. Nathalie’s relationship with her car is an unlikely love story of defeat, triumph and ultimately freedom.

Nathalie speaks openly and honestly about the challenges she faced post injury, how she overcame the emotional pain and what drove her to push beyond what she was capable of achieving both physically and mentally. Nathalie’s attitude is simple, if you want something badly enough, you always find a way to achieve it. With her attitude of never giving up she hopes to inspire others to ditch the excuses, really believe in yourself and mark your clear pathway to success.

Speaking to a group of eleven-year-old girls early on in her speaking career, one of them went home and told her dad: “If Nathalie can become a racing driver after breaking her neck in a car crash, I can be anything I want to be.” The innocence of this revelation is exactly how Nathalie hopes to inspire others to react. Nathalie’s motto is Anything Is Possible and after listening to her talk, you’ll believe it is too!

John Moore
John started his working life at General Accident in Cardiff where he remained for 10 years, becoming an Inspector and moving to London and world HQ in Perth. His career progressed via Holmes Hulbert to 1981 when Evan Thomas invited him to join the family firm of Thomas and Carroll as Managing Director. He is now Chairman of Thomas Carroll PLC.

John’s wish has always been to remain fiercely independent and share the equity with good qualified people aspiring to achieve Chartered status for the firm, a goal now achieved.

John served for many years with Insurance Institute of Cardiff culminating with its presidency in 2001.

John was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s honours list in 2014 for services to Financial Services and the charity Ty Hafan. Other awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Insurance Age Broker Awards in 2010 and received the Industry Achiever Award at th Insurance Times Awards in 2018.

His other interests include restoring the family 17th century Pembrokeshire farmhouse and with a lifelong passion for cricket for which he was awarded a Welsh Schoolboys Cap in his youth and holds a Lifetime Award for Services to cricket in Wales. JM presently chairman of Pentyrch Cricket Club, child welfare officer, relief barman, sponsor, amateur groundsman, treasurer and 5th XI lob bowler.

Venue: Holiday Inn, Cardiff
Date: 24th September 2019
Time: 12 - 3pm
How to book?

This event is part of Dive In, the Festival for Diversity & Inclusion in Insurance.

Please book your place(s) on the Dive In website at www.diveinfestival.com or by clicking here.

Please note: You need to register on the Dive In website first before you can book the event.